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The Geography of Natural Resources, Ethnic Inequality and Development

Lessmann, Christian - 2017

We study whether the spatial distribution of natural resources across different ethnic groups within countries impede spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent-seeking model and analysing a set of geocoded data for...

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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures

Galor, Oded - 2016

This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978392

Geography Rules Too! Economic Development and the Geography of Institutions

Bosker, Erik Maarten; Garretsen, Harry - 2021

To explain cross-country income differences, research has recently focused on the so-called deep determinants of economic development, notably institutions and geography. This paper sheds a different light on these determinants. We use spatial econometrics to analyse the importance of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317516

Political Capitalism : The Interaction between Income Inequality, Economic Freedom and Democracy

Krieger, Tim - 2016

distribution) when inequality is high. We argue that the latter finding corresponds to a system of political capitalism or captured …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999751

Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality : A Panel Data Analysis

Lessmann, Christian - 2013

Foreign direct investments (FDI) are an important determinant of economic growth. Countries try to attract mobile capital in order to foster economic development, albeit FDI might increase regional inequality since the many different regions of a country usually do not receive FDI in equal...

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Regional Inequality, Convergence, and its Determinants - A View from Outer Space

Lessmann, Christian - 2015

This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...

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The Agricultural Origins of Time Preference

Galor, Oded - 2015

This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...

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Family Location and Caregiving Patterns from an International Perspective

Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2021

This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2021

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The … officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the … considered “balanced” from different points of view. It turns out that the World Heritage List is unbalanced with respect to a …

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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth

Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013132796

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